Gold Coast Mayor questions rail priorities

Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke says the Queensland Government should put a priority on increasing the number and frequency of train services in the state's south-east.

Transport Minister Rachel Nolan says high-speed trains will carry passengers from the Gold and Sunshine Coasts to Brisbane by 2030.

Councillor Clarke says addressing a bottle neck at Roma Street in Brisbane is more important.

"If we can get that bottle neck fixed and if we can get the double tracks all the way through and they can have enough sufficient number of trains then that really is the more important issue of the two," he said.

"If they can have enough trains and they can go faster, so much the better, but let's get first things first."